Enlightened Absolutism 1990
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-20592-9_4
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Pombal: the Paradox of Enlightenment and Despotism

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“…The aim was to create a modern political centre where commerce could thrive. He had, in his ministerial role, overseen the dismantling of the Portuguese inquisition, the secularisation of education, and the nationalisation of industry [5]. He therefore favoured an institutional shift away from the old nobility (whom he considered corrupt and impractical) and the Jesuits, to the city's commercial elites who had helped finance the reconstruction.…”
Section: Lisbon 1755mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The aim was to create a modern political centre where commerce could thrive. He had, in his ministerial role, overseen the dismantling of the Portuguese inquisition, the secularisation of education, and the nationalisation of industry [5]. He therefore favoured an institutional shift away from the old nobility (whom he considered corrupt and impractical) and the Jesuits, to the city's commercial elites who had helped finance the reconstruction.…”
Section: Lisbon 1755mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…High transport costs, legal barriers to trade, and the local elites' wish to support their positions of power were the major inconveniences of the Bourbon Reforms. 6 Maxwell (1968), Maxwell (1973) and Maxwell (1995). Lisbon at the administrative level and defended the consolidation of a bureaucracy that was able to serve several Portuguese dominions. The objectives were well-defined: to prevent the decline of the Empire and, once again, to stimulate economic prosperity in the colonies through an "international division of labor" and by offering these territories greater independence.…”
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“…Para Martinho de Melo e Castro, um dos ministros portugueses mais chegados aos interesses industriais da metrópole e, após a queda do marquês de Pombal em 1777, responsável pela política colonial portuguesa, o remédio era óbvio: proteger os interesses da poderosa oligarquia comercial-industrial metropolitana significava o abandono do flexível sistema pombalino e a implantação, em seu lugar, de um neomercantilismo mais rígido e efetivo (MAXWELL, 1989). O afastamento da visão imperial ampla de Pombal, em 1777, colocou a política colonial firmemente na esfera dos interesses e dos preconceitos da metrópole.…”
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